Opinion polling on the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff

Since the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff as President of Brazil became a subject of debate and taking a lot of space in the media, the main polling institutes of the country made many opinion polls about it.

Public opinion
In general, the questions made to electors were: "Should Dilma Rousseff be removed from the Presidency?" or "Should the National Congress open an impeachment process against President Dilma?"

Results may not always add to 100% due rounding methodology employed by various polling groups.

Federal Deputies
Datafolha also interviewed 315 federal deputies, between 7 and 18 December 2015. 215 congressmen and congresswomen (42%) were favorable to the impeach. As 342 votes were needed, there were 127 votes to go. On the other side, 159 deputies (31%) said that they would vote against the impeachment, so 12 more votes were needed to reach the 171 votes, which would avoid the process. The 27% left were indecised. Among the government supporters, 26% of them were favorable and 33% of the PMDB members wanted the impeachment. The poll should a slight improvement for President Rousseff, comparing to another poll published in October 2015.